Training Executive Functions to Facilitate Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Training Executive Functions to Facilitate Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01993407
• Other study ID #: R-743-12
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2012
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Kessler Foundation
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to investigate different types of task training to determine if training improves thinking processes following traumatic brain injury.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• If you have had a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)or no history of neurological disease/damage.

• If you are between the ages of 19 and 65.

Exclusion Criteria:

For participants with Traumatic Brain Injury:

• If you have a history of prior neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, seizures, or brain tumor).

• If your Brain injury is less than 6 months ago.

For healthy participants:

-If you have a history of prior neurological disorders (e.g., head injury, stroke, seizures, or brain tumor).

For All participants:

• If you have significant psychiatric history (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.)

• If you have a alcohol or drug abuse history.

• If you are currently taking certain types of medications, which the study doctor will review.

• If you do not have a working knowledge of the English Language.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain Injuries
• Brain Injuries, Traumatic
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Task Switching Training
Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will practice switching between tasks within an alternating runs task switching paradigm.
• Control Task
Participants will complete four, one-hour training sessions in which they will perform a single task each session

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Kessler Foundation Research Center	West Orange	New Jersey

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kessler Foundation	New Jersey Commission on Brain Injury Research

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in switch costs, measured via response time in milliseconds on task switch trials minus response time on task repetition trials, from baseline		2 months